BlockLayfield, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pinckneyville No. 5 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62274. The Survey maps it on the Pinckneyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1924 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Layfield between 2010 and 2018, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PYRAMID |
| 19 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ENGLEHARDT |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VALENTINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Layfield: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perry County Highway Dept. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Layfield in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Layfield | $20,000 | Power poles were blown across Highway 154 several miles west of Pinckneyville. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Layfield | $8,000 | Shingles were blown off a roof. A barn roof was partially blown off. The microburst damage area was about 100 yards long and 50 yards wide. The damage site was on Route 154 several miles west of Pinckneyville. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Layfield | - | Quarter size hail was reported via mPING west of Pinckneyville as a line of storms moved eastward through Perry County. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinckneyville | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Winkle | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Conant | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jamestown | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Swanwick | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Denny | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rice | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Todds Mill | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Layfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60760223 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422902. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.